Migos' Takeoff had already changed the sound of hip-hop. He was just getting started on a new chapter

Hip-hop wouldn't sound the same without Migos.

The trio of Atlanta rappers — Offset, Quavo and Takeoff — dominated the 2010s as they built a catalog of booming trap hits like "Handsome and Wealthy" and "Hannah Montana" before entrenching their place in the mainstream through 2016's "Bad and Boujee," which shot to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their rapid-fire triplet delivery, termed the "Migos Flow," showed up even when they didn't, becoming the factory-standard cadence for a generation of rappers and spilling over into pop on Ariana Grande's "7 Rings."

But earlier this year, the group